Hakka-Chinese Pantry

There are many familiar ingredients and condiments inside a Hakka-Chinese kitchen. These items include “all-purpose soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Chinese rice wine, fresh ginger, garlic, various cuts of pork, tofu, bean sauce, fresh vegetables and long grain rice” (Anusasananan, 247 ​). There are many more ingredients in a Hakka-Chinese kitchen that are used but those ten ingredients are the norm.

List of ingredients in my family's pantry

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Pork belly and preserved mustard/vegetables

​This is a very common Hakka-Chinese dish and it is eaten commonly among Hakka people and Cantonese people alike.

Recipe​Ingredients:

Pork belly

Preserved vegetables/mustard

Light/All purpose soy sauce

Dark soy sauce

Cooking wine

Brown/Rock sugar

Steps:

Soak preserved mustard for approx. 1 hour

Drain the excess water from the preserved vegetable with a strainer

Dice the preserved mustard

Stir-fry the diced mustard in a wok while adding all purpose soy sauce, dark soy sauce and cooking wine for approx. 5 mins